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Moscow will test the new 3M22 Zircon hypersonic missile in the spring

Powerful anti-ship weapon designed for the dominion of the seas

"Hypersonic speed, invulnerability to anti-missile defense systems and enormous attack potential": this is how the Russians define this new armament, the "promising" 3M22 Zircon (or Tsirkon) anti-ship missile, which will be tested by the new "Admiral Gorshkov" frigate class. A project that has been talked about since 2010, after President Putin had partially revealed its characteristics. Today we know...

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The 3M22 Zircon (or Tsirkon) hypersonic cruise anti-ship missile will be tested by the Severodvinsk K-560 submarine: a military source reported it today to the Russian press on an unofficial basis, that... more

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